We are an Advent people.We live not satisfied but plagues with thirst for the coming of the Lord. Our tragedy is that we often do not recognize the source of our restlessness but seek to satisfy it with all sorts of things that anesthetize our longings but do not fulfill them. One of the gifts of Advent is to stir in us the recognition that what we truly yearn for is not some passing palliative but the One who has come and will come again, day by day and at the end of time, to those who seek him.
Litany of Longing
Response: Come, Lord Jesus!
In the dryness of prayer, we long for you, O Lord! R.
In the dissatisfaction of useless entertainments, we long for you, O Lord! R.
In the desert created in us by overwork, we long for you, O Lord! R.
In our thirst to love and be loved, we long for you, O Lord! R.
In our yearning for priorities that matter, we long for you, O Lord! R.
In our desire for a just world, we long for you, O Lord! R.
In the darkness of our accumulated sins, we long for you, O Lord! R.
In the hopelessness of our addictions, we long for you, O Lord! R.
In the emptiness of habits of mind that nourish no one, we long for you, O Lord! R.
In our restlessness for something beyond our present good, we long for you, O Lord! R.
In our search for an anchor in this life, we long for you, O Lord! R.
In our pursuit of beauty and goodness, we long for you, O Lord! R.
A great article at InternetMonk about Advent.
JesusCreed also has a series going, looking at different Christmas Words. I liked this one particularly.
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